Use it as practical information, while assessing each person’s status and activities separately. A corporate timetable is not immigration approval.
Confirm the individual basis for activities
Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation. Children do not receive work permission solely through L dependent status. Review work, study and travel plans before making commitments tied to an expected transfer.
An L-2 spouse is employment-authorized incident to status and may accept a job with the utility or anyone else, but that job must be the spouse’s own arrangement and should not be entangled with the principal’s placement. Administrative support needs assessment of the actual activity and the spouse’s status. The age limit is fixed and arrives on a known date, which makes it one of the few immigration problems a family can schedule. Confirm classification, validity and applicable evidence before relying on work authorization. Assess the spouse’s proposed services only after confirming the family’s actual US statuses. Confirm on arrival that the I-94 shows the L-2 spouse annotation; if it does not, request a correction before starting work, because employers and banks rely on it. Assuming family accompaniment automatically authorizes project assistance is the mistake to avoid.